Dienstag, 12. September 2017

Dear
friends,

nearly
six weeks ago I started developing the „Henrietta Square“. Two
and a half weeks ago I considered the pattern clear for publication
but I most definitely wanted to wait with the big Ta-Dah!
till I had finished the Henrietta Blanket.

True
it was no matter of life and death to wait till I had the blanket
done but I had set my mind on it. You certainly know those pictures
(serving suggestions) you see on food-wrappings? That's what I had in
mind: „Ta-Dah! Here's the Henrietta Square and that's what you can
do with it“...

Be
it as it may, when I finally finished the Henrietta Blanket a few
days later I immediately started writing a post but then my eldest
came into the studio... He told me it was unfair to write about the
pattern when I hadn't translated it into German yet... Sigh...
He was right though and that's why we all had to wait till today for
the big Ta-Dah!

However
I have to dampen the euphoria about this new pattern. Cause, for the
first time since I started my blog this pattern will NOT be for free.
The pattern will be available in my ETSY-Shop.

As
I do not want to spoil the party for you – my dear friends and
followers – I've come up with following idea: even though I've
checked and re-checked the pattern a few times I'd rather play it
safe. And that's why I'm looking for Crochet
Pattern Tester.
I've made four samples,
packages containing the printed pattern and 4-6 skeins of yarn. If
you'd be interested in (a) getting the pattern for free and some yarn
as well and (b) helping me, just send me a note (at
MarieLucienneHP@gmail.com)
pointing out whether you'd like the English or the German version.
I'll put the names of each entrant into a bowl and draw the four
winners next week.

Freitag, 8. September 2017

Dear
friends,

the
weekend before last we were in Belgium. The A11, a new highway, was
to be opened on the 26th of August – for cyclists! We
sure didn't want to miss this event. And my mum grabbed the
opportunity to ask me a favour.

Cycling on the highway with mum & dad and the hubby...

By
chance I had just come across a yarn-shop in Blankenberge on the
internet. So on Friday we walked to the Molentraat. Mum was able to
choose the yarn she liked best and I had a most enjoyable chat with
the charming shopkeeper and her mum and daughter.

The
temptation to start right away was too strong to resist. Nonetheless
I only managed to finish the shawl and the purse this week.

And as I
still had some yarn (43g of white yarn, 24g of both brown and rust
and 13g of gold) left I made yet another shawl (lots of frogging
involved) which I've just finished this morning.

As
mum's not on facebook nor on IG, she hasn't seen anything yet. But
she does have a look into my blog every once in a while, so this will
be a big Ta-Dah! for her now...

Therefore:
join us at the Granny-Spiration Challenge following this link! And
don't forget to enter the giveaway!

And
that's what I made for this month's Challenge:

A
Men's Scarf

A
classmate of my youngest finally got a place at university. In
Mittweida – Saxony! Feels like the end of the world to us. Well it
is
pretty far away from home and this young man won't be visiting nor
staying with us a frequently as he has until now.

He's
got a survival kit (spaghetti, zweiback, lots of sweets) and this
scarf. Wintertime in Saxony tends to be even harsher than wintertime
in the Eifel!

The
scarf is made out of pure wool (veeery snug and warm) and measures
approx. 2m by 40cm. I used the traditional granny stitch.

P.S.3: If you have 34 seconds to spare, have a look at this amazing little video about my little studio Atelier Marie-Lucienne. It was made by Mariam Bentum, who is one of the hosts of the Granny-Spiration Challenge. Do give her a thumbs up!

Dienstag, 22. August 2017

Dear
friends,

I'm
so sorry. I do feel like I'm letting you down by neglecting my blog.
I am pretty busy though. With crochet! But it's still a
bit of a secret - even though facebook-and IG- followers have already
seen glimpses of my BIG project. This project leaves me little
space to do anything else (you know: besides household, job, hubby,
grown-up kids, cats, etc...) let alone any other crochet.

Got
some new ideas for the Front Garden (autumn is nigh!) but no time
time to realize them. And we're off visiting my parents this weekend
too (no crochet here either – or just veeery little). So I'm kind off constantly
running out of time...

I
do hope you won't mind waiting just a tiny little bit longer for a
decent post? I'll do my best: promised!

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About me / Über mich

English:My name is Marjan. I was born in Belgium in 1970. I moved to Germany in the early nineties for love's sake. Even though I got fairly disappointed some years later I never considered returning home as my children were born here in Germany. Fortunately I never did, since I never would have met my wonderful second husband. Read more here.